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Thursday, November 14, 2013

What would be the shortest route between Entre Rios in Argentina and the
Chinese metropolis Shanghai? Simply a straight line through the center
of the earth, since the two places are antipodes: they are located
diametrically opposite to each other on the earth's surface. During his
visits to four such antipodal pairs, the award-winning documentary
filmmaker Victor Kossakovsky captured images that turn our view of the
world upside down. A beautiful, peaceful sunset in Entre Rios is
contrasted with the bustling streets in rainy Shanghai. People who live
in a wasteland are connected to people dwelling next to a volcano.
Landscapes whose splendor touches the soul are juxtaposed with the
clamor of a vast city. These antipodes seem mythically connected,
somehow united by their oppositeness. Kossakovsky's movie is a feast for
the senses, a fascinating kaleidoscope of our planet. VIVAN LAS
ANTIPODAS! - Long Live The Antipodes! What is happening on the point of
the earth diametrically opposite to where we are now, what awaits us
there? Fascinated by this question, Victor Kossakovsky conducted an
experiment, and in the course of his unique project visited four coupled
antipodes - in Argentina and China, Spain and New Zealand, Chile and
Russia, Botswana and Hawaii. Thanks to a keen sense of the magic of his
eight locations, Kossakovsky captures unforgettable images. He follows
the menacing glow of a volcano's lava, contemplates the majestic flight
of a condor, documents human attempts to rescue a stranded whale. A
sunset in Argentina's Entre Rios is juxtaposed with rush hour in
Shanghai. Tranquil silence and amber light contrast with noisy
industriousness and metallic hues. The movie approaches its subject
playfully, and Kossakovsky's deployment of the camera is innovative: the
earth's surface bends right in front of our eyes, images upside down.